Conversion of municipal sewage sludge to activated carbon

• Main Authors: Jeyaseelan, S., Tay, Joo Hwa, Graham, Nigel
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Research Report
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water treatment
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/5231
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this research, carbonisation and chemical activation with ZnCl2 were employed to prepare carbonaceous adsorbents from sewage sludge and the mixtures of sewage sludge with coconut husk and peanut shell.